Rust repairs (upgrades) - Page 2

ricola · #1 October 25th 2009, 13:59

Lovely welding, but I hope you are putting some strength in elsewhere as those framehorns have been severely weakened...

wrenchnride247 · #2 October 25th 2009, 21:58

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Originally Posted by ricola

Lovely welding, but I hope you are putting some strength in elsewhere as those framehorns have been severely weakened...

I have thought of that Ricola...ran out of time to do that part (quit rushing me!

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The steel I used to "fill in" the part I cut out is 1/4" thick and is fully welded, but will add some material under the frame horns just in case.

Panelfantastic · #3 October 26th 2009, 09:43

I didn't realize the CVs on the 915 conversion were that much of a clearance issue?
Pretty easy to beef that area back up though. Work is looking awesome!

Jeff-

wrenchnride247 · #4 October 26th 2009, 18:04

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Originally Posted by Panelfantastic

I didn't realize the CVs on the 915 conversion were that much of a clearance issue?
Pretty easy to beef that area back up though. Work is looking awesome!

Jeff-

There not that big...I just got carried away

sixseven · #5 October 26th 2009, 18:54

Hurry up and get this monster done. Drive it to work and let me slobber all over it already. Looks good, cya Wendell..

wrenchnride247 · #6 October 26th 2009, 19:39

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Originally Posted by sixseven

Hurry up and get this monster done. Drive it to work and let me slobber all over it already. Looks good, cya Wendell..

When it's done I will wait till you come home after mids, and do a burnout in your drive way just when your falling asleep....

Glad you finally joined the GL forums Dude!!

wrenchnride247 · #7 November 1st 2009, 20:30

I got the gussets almost complete. Just need to cap of the ends. This is 1/8th inch plate formed to the frame horns. (I hope Ricola is happy now

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zen · #8 November 7th 2009, 13:18

Looking really good. Feel free to come over my place and use some of those skills.

wrenchnride247 · #9 November 15th 2009, 21:24

I finally got some time to finish the gussets (and some other stuff)
They are now complete!

wrenchnride247 · #10 January 1st 2010, 02:25

Well, at some point in this cars life the gasket on the bulk head inspection cover plate must have started leaking because, I found some rust inside it! Also found three strange factory holes on the passenger side frame head (see pic) there are none on the drivers side

. These holes didn't help keep water out either. I brushed all the loose rust out and cleaned it out best I could. Had to cut some access points out on the "napoleon hat" to get in there too. The metal is still plenty thick enough though. So, I got out some trusty POR-15 and made some "extended reach" paint brushes, and coated all the rust (the rest of the inside tunnel looks brand new!) It's not the prettiest finish, but it sealed the rust.

wrenchnride247 · #11 January 12th 2011, 23:45

Well, its been a year since I posted (and worked) on my rust repairs. So hears what I've done last nite and today.

Lots of work to get this to fit good.

Now the other part is getting this aftermarket panel to fit. None of it matched up to original one, but I'm getting close! Still a few more hours of fitting before welding it in.

I guess I need to have a thread in the "project builds" section...